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Boston, Mass., Aug 24, 2023 / 11:12 am (CNA).
A Maryland circuit court ruled Aug. 16 that the identities of almost all of those named in the attorney general’s report on child sexual abuse in the Baltimore A.
null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock.CNA Staff, May 4, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that The Satanic Temple must be allowed to hold its "After School Satan Club" in a public middle school in Pennsylvania s Saucon Valley School District.U.S. District Court Judge John Gallagher, sitting in Allentown, issued the preliminary injunction just days after The Satanic Temple held its second annual conference called "SatanCon" in Boston, which was heavily protested by Catholics.The Satanic Temple, which, according to its website, denies the existence of God and Satan, is a political activist group known for protesting religious symbolism in public spaces and mocking Christianity by offering "unbaptism" and hosting "black masses." The school district, located in Northampton County, on Feb. 16 approved The Satanic Temple s request to hold an After School Satan Club at its middle school. In response to a shoo
null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2023 / 11:20 am (CNA).The Biden administration plans to issue an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court allowed a Texas judge s ruling to severely restrict abortion pill access. The appeals court Wednesday night temporarily suspended the judge s ruling to invalidate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision will, however, leave in place restrictions that will severely limit the abortion drug s distribution.The three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana granted a partial stay of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk s Friday ruling. It also reinstated mifepristone restrictions lifted by the FDA after 2016.This means that the abortion pill mifepristone remains legal for the time being, and pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreens can continue to dispense prescriptions.The drug will no longer be permitte.
null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2023 / 11:20 am (CNA).The Biden administration plans to issue an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court allowed a Texas judge s ruling to severely restrict abortion pill access. The appeals court Wednesday night temporarily suspended the judge s ruling to invalidate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision will, however, leave in place restrictions that will severely limit the abortion drug s distribution.The three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana granted a partial stay of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk s Friday ruling. It also reinstated mifepristone restrictions lifted by the FDA after 2016.This means that the abortion pill mifepristone remains legal for the time being, and pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreens can continue to dispense prescriptions.The drug will no longer be permitte.
null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock.Denver, Colo., Feb 7, 2023 / 12:23 pm (CNA).A Planned Parenthood affiliate has won a legal judgment of almost $1 million against a pro-life group that gathered outside of a Spokane abortion clinic.The group, which calls itself the Church at Planned Parenthood, must pay $110,000 in civil damages to Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho and another $850,000 in legal fees to the abortion provider, The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported Feb. 3.A Spokane County judge ruled in December that the church repeatedly violated state law by "willfully or recklessly" disrupting the normal functioning of a health care facility, including by making noise that "unreasonably disturbs the peace within the facility."Judge Tim Fennessy of Spokane County Superior Court agreed with Planned Parenthood s evidence that the church held 22 services in violation of state law and fined the church $5,000 for each day of a violation. H